- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:35:44 +0100
- To: "'WWW International'" <www-international@w3.org>, "'LTRU Working Group'" <ltru@ietf.org>
I have just uploaded a new version. It now allows you to enter a hyphen-separated string of subtags in the search field and reports what it finds in the registry. See also the new notes on the right hand side. RI ============ Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/ http://www.w3.org/International/ http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Najib TOUNSI [mailto:tounsin@yahoo.com] > Sent: 02 April 2007 14:00 > To: Richard Ishida; WWW International; LTRU Working Group > Subject: RE: New web app: Searching for language subtags > > Hi all, > > --- Misha Wolf <Misha.Wolf@reuters.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Richard, > > > > Having spent a few minutes playing with this, it seems to be both > > useful and fun. > +1 > > > > My one concern is that people who haven't been initiated into the > > arcane mysteries of BCP 47, might misunderstand the meaning of a > > heading like "redundant" in response to a search for "Chinese". > > "people who haven't been initiated into the arcane mysteries > of BCP 47", might even not understand what 'redundant', > 'Grandfathered' and other 'variant' mean or what they are for. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCP_47 just refers to > http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/Overview.en.php > (which defines what variant means, but not all other key > vocabularies) http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry > (which is a list of language subtags.) > > Najib > > > It needs to be made clear > > to > > people that this is a tool for examining the registry, > > *NOT* a tool for finding appropriate language tags. > > If > > it is meant to be used for the latter purpose, then some > changes are > > very much needed :-) > > > > Regards, > > Misha > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: www-international-request@w3.org > > [mailto:www-international-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of > Richard Ishida > > Sent: 01 April 2007 14:59 > > To: 'WWW International' > > Subject: New web app: Searching for language subtags > > > > > > You may find this of interest. It's purely a personal project. > > > > http://people.w3.org/rishida/utils/subtags/ > > > > > > http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/?p=90 says: > > > > This tool allows you to search for tags that have, say, 'french' in > > their description (there are currently 11), or to find out > what that > > mysterious 'ch' tag stands for (there are 2 possibilities). > Or you can > > simply list all current language tags, or script tags, or variants, > > etc. > > > > For months I've been wanting to write a small, Web-based tool for > > finding things in the subtag registry without having to work on the > > (for many people, intimidating) raw text file on the IANA site. > > > > Tom Gruner created an initial tool for pretty printing the > IANA list, > > which handled enough of the basics to allow me to use the > little time > > I have these days to add the search functionality on top. > > > > If you have JavaScript running, you are shown just the tags and > > descriptions initially, but by clicking on those you can reveal all > > additional information in the registry for a given tag. I also > > highlight tags that are deprecated, so you can see that > straight away. > > > > (PS: Some final tweaks to the code will come when I have a spare > > moment for things like making the expanding list more accessible, > > etc.) > > > > RI > > > > > > ============ > > Richard Ishida > > Internationalization Lead > > W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) > > > > http://www.w3.org/People/Ishida/ > > http://www.w3.org/International/ > > http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/ > > > > > > > > > > > > This email was sent to you by Reuters, the global news and > information > > company. > > To find out more about Reuters visit > > www.about.reuters.com > > > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual > > sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the > > views of Reuters Limited. > > > > Reuters Limited is part of the Reuters Group of companies, of which > > Reuters Group PLC is the ultimate parent company. > > Reuters Group PLC - Registered office address: The Reuters > Building, > > South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5EP, United Kingdom > > Registered No: 3296375 Registered in England and Wales > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________ > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367 >
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